I've been to Ubisoft Montréal's studios and I must say that it looks similar to Valve's new studios, one thing about Ubi's studios I was amazed about was their sound testing room, and their "back-store" of hundreds upon hundreds of various objects that their sound designers use to create sound effects in their games, I wish we were shown the sound room in Valve's studios, unless I missed it?

Also they got Foosball tables in Ubi's studios!

Anyway, it's great to see such places, I would love to work for Valve.

I read an article a while back on how they have a pretty unique workflow when it comes to solving problems and coming up with crazy new ideas. They grab a bunch of people from different backgrounds and just pit them up against the problem.

Also... SNACKS!

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